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Peanut-headed Lanternfly
Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

True bugs, cicadas & leafhoppers

Peanut-headed Lanternfly

Fulgora laternaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Names

EnglishPeanut-headed Lanternfly
DutchPindawants
SpanishMachaca
Chinese—
Scientific nameFulgora laternaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Fulgora laternaria (often misspelled "lanternaria") is a species of Neotropical fulgorid planthopper. It is known by a large variety of common names, among them lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, jequitiranaboia, machaca, chicharra-machacuy, and cocoposa.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyFulgoridae
GenusFulgora

In Suriname

7Records in Suriname
14iNaturalist observations
2016First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo3
  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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